Lack of quality fighters from the west today

I think the quality in some divisions is still at a high standard.
Its just in the past *English/European speaking countries* dominated boxing because other countries never took part till after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Since then. Well, the invasion of equally talented East Europeans/Asians come onto the scene taking the place of mediocre English/European speaking countries places in the rankings.
Same with Cuba. Their boxers now escape their shackles to dominate some divisions.

Its not English/European speaking nations are getting weaker. Its the rest of the world getting stronger.

 

Don't know about all the countries you listed, but in most of europe's countries, boxing is substantially non-existent, completely unknown and ignored. Just take a look on boxrec's active boxers by country.

the only exception to that trend are probably england and maybe germany.

 

Too busy getting involved in MMA.

 

Yeah, and were are all the African American basketball players these days too?

 

You seriously think poverty in USA is even comparable to that in Brazil? Dude...

 

America is on a completely different scale. It's the richest country in the world. People defined by government standards as living in 'Poverty' in America would be considered rich by the poor in Brazil.

I lived in São Paulo for a year. Trust me there is absolutely no comparison.

 

The flavellas(sp) in that country really have to be seen to be understood/believed.

 

panama is part of north america.

 

definitely not winning spelling bees.

 

Okay, these are just off the top of my head.

Americans: Tim Bradley, Floyd Mayweather, Danny Garcia, Bernard Hopkins, Robert Guerrero, Bryant Jennings, Keith Thurman, Austin Trout, Andre Ward, Terrence Crawford, Peter Quillin, Shawn Porter, Adrien Broner, Mauricio Herrera, Lamont Peterson, Jermain Taylor

English/Irish: Andy Lee, Carl Froch, David Haye, Gary O'Sullivan, Kell Brook, Amir Khan, Carl Frampton, Eubank Jr., Groves, James DeGale, Anthony Joshua

Italian: Clemente Russo, Bundu (Has Italy ever been known to produce top boxers in the first place?)

So yeah, you're a ****ing moron. And last time I checked South America is part of the West, as the whole "America" part should have given away.

 

politically the west is western europe, north america, israel, australia and new zealand.

 

You have a valid point and it is often the tipping point in a fight.

 

I agree completely.

I was simply quoting the guy who mentioned wealth distribution and how much less than 1% owns 99% of the nations' wealth. That is also true in the US. All I said.

 

This is true.

You'd be surprised how many people think North America is only the USA, Mexico, and Canada.

North America mainland: USA, Mexico, Canada

Caribbean Island nations: Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Cuba, etc.

Central America: Panama, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, etc.